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The original series (1963–1989), generally consists of multi-episode serials. In contrast, the 2005 revival trades the earlier serial format for a run of self-contained episodes, interspersed with occasional multi-part stories and structured into loose story arcs. As of 25 December 2024, 884 episodes of Doctor Who have aired. This includes ...
The Daleks was broadcast across seven weeks from 21 December 1963 to 1 February 1964, [83] and has been repeated twice on the BBC: the final episode was broadcast on BBC Two late in the evening on 13 November 1999 as part of "Doctor Who Night"; and the serial was shown in three blocks from 5–9 April 2008 on BBC Four, as part of a celebration ...
An Unearthly Child (sometimes referred to as 100,000 BC) [2] is the first serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.It was first broadcast on BBC TV in four weekly parts from 23 November to 14 December 1963.
Further erasing of Doctor Who master videotapes by the Engineering Department continued into the 1970s. Eventually, every master videotape of the programme's first 253 episodes (1963–69) was destroyed or wiped. The final 1960s master tapes to be erased were those for the 1968 serial Fury from the Deep, in August 1974. [8] [better source needed]
In July 1963, the serial was titled Doctor Who and the Robots, to be written by Anthony Coburn and directed by Rex Tucker; [4] the latter was also set to direct the fourth serial, Doctor Who and the Mutants, for which script editor David Whitaker commissioned comedy writer Terry Nation on 31 July, impressed by his work in the science-fiction ...
The title screen of the unaired pilot episode of Doctor Who. After actors Hugh David (later a director on the series) and Geoffrey Bayldon [16] had both turned down approaches to star in the series, Verity Lambert and the first serial's director Waris Hussein managed to persuade 55-year-old character actor William Hartnell to take the part of the Doctor.
The Edge of Destruction (also referred to as Inside the Spaceship) is the third serial of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.It was written by David Whitaker, and first broadcast on BBC TV in two weekly parts on 8 February and 15 February 1964.
The Doctor Who WikiProject is a WikiProject formed and developed to organize information in articles related to the 1963–present British science-fiction television series Doctor Who. We currently have 1460 articles under the scope of this project, which generally includes articles where Doctor Who is a relevant focus to the subject.